Posted on 03/14/2018 5:52:05 PM PDT by Libloather
LORAIN, OHIO Republic Steel says it plans to restart a northeast Ohio steel plant that could bring back more than 1,000 jobs in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports Republic Steel announced Thursday that it's "positioned" to restart its Lorain facility in the coming months. Plans include restarting its idled electric arc furnace, casters and rolling mills.
The Canton-based company said in a news release that it's ready to respond quickly to increased demand for steel in the U.S. The company says with its open capacity at a melt shop in Canton that it could bring more than 1 million tons of new production to market.
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Union jobs at that.
Oh Noes! there goes Lake Erie AGAIN!
“Geneva on the lake” could make a comeback! LOL
In the overall scheme of things it’s not that big a deal. Now if Trump or Pence shows up at the opening...
Those jobs aren’t coming back - John Pelosi McCain(D), 2008.
It’s 1K jobs that have been gone for 40 years.
I grew up there and took my Mom and Son there straight up route 11
Up thought the Amish country to Collect Erie Jewels and eat frys on the boardwalk
God Bless DJT
The biggest issue there is the unions.
I said 30 years ago, “use the infrastructure to be a Distribution center”.
Unions wont give up a mile of railway without a pay off.
Now its bike paths.
Some payout for the regular guy
Tracks in my town have been quite forever.
My Brother agrees, When I hear train whistles, I smell prosperity.
Bump!
I had to vote for McCain in 2008 because I knew how bad Obama was going to be.
sigh
I had to vote for Romney in 2012 because I knew how bad Obama already was.
double sigh
Triple Sigh...
Republic Steel ... “currently owned by Grupo Simec, based in Guadalajara, Mexico.”
Like the old farmers say, that ain’t s#it you’re smelling, son, that’s the smell of money!
and the Greenies will Protest!
When I was a welder in the valley in the 70’s the mills were dying, We imported ****ty steel from S Korea,
We kept some mills to make high end steel, if you were a minority or held a degree you might have had a decade or 2.
MAGA!
We are 40 years on! MAGA!
Beats the alternative :)
When I was a kid, in the 1970’s, we took a tour of an active steel plant. That thing has been gone for at least 30 years. There were whole neighborhoods built up around it to support it. That’s the America that I miss.
Where I am from every other house has an anti fracking sign.
folks with their money deny their grandchildren
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